commercialize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
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to emphasize the profitable aspects of, especially at the expense of quality.
to commercialize one's artistic talent.
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to offer for sale; make available as a commodity.
verb
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to make commercial in aim, methods, or character
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to exploit for profit, esp at the expense of quality
Other Word Forms
- commercialization noun
- commercializer noun
- decommercialization noun
- decommercialize verb (used with object)
- overcommercialization noun
- overcommercialize verb (used with object)
- quasi-commercialized adjective
- uncommercialized adjective
Etymology
Origin of commercialize
Example Sentences
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Quantum computers won’t be considered truly “usable” until they are broadly commercialized.
From Barron's
“We continue to believe Uber is increasingly becoming the marketplace for AV providers to commercialize at scale and we look for Uber to continue announcing newer partnerships going forward,” they say.
Tesler, who had all but given up on persuading Xerox to commercialize PARC’s output, saw no reason not to show Apple everything they had.
From Los Angeles Times
“We just didn’t commercialize that technology,” she said.
“A lot of people are pretty confused that I can take this many supplements in a given day,” he said in the video, posted the year before his company Blueprint commercialized multi-nutrient products.
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